Coffin.



I S. ZERANSKI.

UOPFIN.

APPLIOATION FILED DBO. a, 1913.

1,102,626, Patented July 7, 1914,

sealed.

S TA'NISLAW ZERAIQTSKI, OF WARSAW, RUSSIA.

Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented July 7, 1914.

Application filed December 3, 1913, Serial No. 804,523.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, STANIsLAw ZERAnsKI,subject of the Emperor of Russia, residing at Warsaw, Russia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Coffins, of

which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein tothe accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to cofiins or burial cases, has especialreference to that class of cases constructed to admit of reviewinga bodywhen the burial case is closed and This invention is directed tofacilitate the repairing of the lamps or electrical device in said case,and consists in certain improvements which will be fully disclosed inthe following specification and claim.

According to the construction hereinafter disclosed, the coiiin orburial case is so arranged that the interior illumination thereof cantake place only when the supplemental cover has been opened, and thrownback. When the cover is closed, the current is antomatically shut off,so that the battery is thrown out of service. r p i In the accompanyingdrawings, which form part of this specification :Figure 1 is a top planview of the coflin with covers raised. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of thesame with the cover closed. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of thecoffin.

Reference being had to the drawings and the designating charactersthereon, the numeral 1 indicates the cover of the coffin which isprovided with two windows or members 2, 3, made of some transparentmaterial, such as glass, mica or the like. Above the windows 2, 3, aresecured opaque members 4L, 5, which are so arranged as to cover thewindows 2, 8. The supplemental members 4, 5, are secured to the cover 1,by means of hinges 6, 7. On the inner side of the cover 5, areincandescent lamps 10 provided with conductors 11 connected to a battery8 to supply electric current to the lamps.

The window 2 is provided with a contact 12,

which is engaged by a pin 13 attached to the cover at and presses uponthe contact when the cover is closed. To secure covers 4 or 5, locks 14may be provided as shown in the drawing.

In order to view the body the cover 4 is thrown back, whereby the pin 13will be released from the contact 12 and the current will be turned on,which is supplied through the conductors 11 to the lamps 10. The cover 5remains normally closed, and is opened only in case repairs are needed.In this cover the incandescent lamps are located above the window 3 andwill illuminate the interior of the coflin. In closing the cover 4:, thepin 13 will again rest on the contact. 12 and the current will therebybe cut oif. The main cover 1 of the coffin is secured to the body 1thereof by soldered joints 2' formed by the overlapping flanges 3, 3 onthe cover 1 and the body 1 shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is A coflin orburial case provided with inner transparent covers or windows,supplemental opaque covers above said transparent covers, an electricilluminant and a battery secured to one of said supplemental covers, andthe other supplemental cover arranged to make and break the electriccircuit in opening and closing said cover.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

STANISLAVV ZERANSKI.

W'itnesses:

ALFRED Hnrnun, ANDRE KUoANz.

Copies of this patent may be-obtained for five cents each, byaddressingthe Commissioner)! Patents,

Washington, D. G.

